Electrically-propelled vehicle



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H. G.l MORRIS & P. G.. SALOM. BLBGTRIGALLY PRQPBLLBD VEHICLE.

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ELECTRIALLY PROP-FILLED VEHIGLB.,

No. 603,198. PadzelledApIjl 26, v18.98.

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BLECTRIGALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE.

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" UNITED .l "STATES HENHY c.. MORRIS ANDPEDHO c.. sALoM, 0EPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. f

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ELECTRICALLY-PROPgELLED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,198, dated April26, 1898.

` Appnanonnied September 29,1296. serai No. 607,346. (N masi.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that we, HENRY G. MORRIS and PEDRO G. SALOM, citizens oftheUnited States, and residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Electrically-Propelled Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

The object of our invention is to so construct an electrically-propelledVehicle that the motor and batteries will be carried by the frontwheels, so ythat any form of bedy can be attached thereto and vcarriedby the rear Wheels.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a coup made inaccordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a frontlview. Fig. t is a rear view. Fig. 5 is a diagram of the gearing, andFig. 6 is a view showing our invention applied to a different style ofcarriage. Y

Heretofore in the manufacture of electric carriages in which batteriesare used the battery-box wassupported by the front and rear trucks, so*that the entire carriage had to be designed with special reference tothe battery-box and motors. By our invention we mount all the mechanismon the front truck and can attach thereto a body portion either in theform of a coup, landau, barouche, or any form of wagon-body withoutdisturbing the design of the driving parts of the apparatus.

A is the front axle of the vehicle, on which are mounted thedriving-wheels d a. B are two motors mounted on Said axle. These Inotorsare coupled independently to the batteries, and each motor isl gearedthrough a train of gearing to the driving-wheels, in the presentinstance through the gearing b b b2 b3.

The gear b5 is an internal gear secured in any manner to thedriving-wheel. It will be understood that any form of gearing may beused to couple the motors 'to the 'driving Wheels. The motors in thepresent instance have straps b4, by which they are secured to the axle,and tie-rods b5 couple the motors to the forward portion of therunning-gear, so as to keep them in a fixed position.

In the present instance on each motor-shaft is a brake-'drum c, to whichis adapted a brakeshoe e', connected by a rod c2 to the brakelever Cwithin easy reach of the operator, so

that instead of applying the brakes to thenected lto the carriage-body.On this forward Vstructure is the seat F. for the' operator.

In the present instance the box D has suitable doors at the front, sothat the storage batteries can be placed in position within the boxwithout interfering with either the operators seat or the main body ofthe vehicle.

Under the operators seat is the controller F. The drum vof thiscontroller has a wheel f, around which passes an endless chain flMounted on a shaft adapted `to bearings under the operators seat is aWheel f2, around which the chain passes, and on this shaft is anoperatingarm f3 in easy reach of the operator, so that by moving the armthe electric motors can be controlled.

Trailing from the forward structure D and mounted on vthe rear axle ortruck is a vehiclebody D', in the present instance being in the form ofa coup-body having a single seatsection and side doors. This body isconnected to the forward structure at d2.

It will thus be seen that there are short connections between thebatteries and the controller and between the controller and the motors,and no matter what style of carriage or wagon is used the invention canbe readily applied and the parts will always bear the same relation toeach other.

The main body of the carriage may be of diierent designs and may havetwo or more seats or may be designed as al delivery-wagon Withoutchanging the arrangement of the forward parts alluded to above.

G is the rear-truck frame, having the crossbar g, brace g2, and verticalbearings g', to which are adapted the vertical studs projecting from theshort rear axles G', on which are mounted the rear wheels G2.

Projecting from the rear of the short axles are arms g3, each arm beingconnected by ak rod h to a two-armed lever II, situated near the frontof the vehicle and mounted on the IOO vertical shaft H', having itsbearings in the present instance in the box-section D of thecarriage-body and also in a bracket L, projeeting from the mainbodyportion. On the upper end of this shaft H is an arm 7a4, connectedby a rod h2 to one arm of the steeringlever H2, pivoted at h3 to a standH3, mounted on the box in front of the operators seat, so that on movingthis lever in one direction or the other the wheels can be shifted toturn the vehicle.

Projecting from each side of each bearing g' are brackets g4, to whichare hung the springs I, which support the rear of the body portion D ofthe vehicle.

At each side of the operators seat are lampcasings M M, havingincandescent lamps connected to the storage batteries, so that they canbe lighted by simply switching on the current.

XVe claim as our inventionl. The combination in anelectrically-propelled vehicle, of a front axle, motor mounted thereon,a forward structure forming part of the vehicle-body and locateddirectly above the front axle and carrying the battery, a rear axle, acarriage or wagon body trailing from the front structure and mountedupon the rear axle, substantially as described.

2. The combination in an electrically-propelled vehicle, of a frontaxle, its wheels, a motor mounted on the front axle, a rear axle, wheelsthereon, a battery-carrying structure located directly above the frontaxle, a body mounted upon the rear axle and connected to the saidbattery-carrying structure, the motors being geared to the front Wheels,and steering mechanism connected to the rear wheels, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination in an electrically-pie pelled vehicle, of a frontaxle, two independent wheels thereon, two motors on the axle,

one motor geared to one wheel and the other motor geared to the otherwheel, a rear axle, wheels thereon, a battery-carrying structure mountedabove the front axle and motors earried thereby, and a body attached tothe said structure and supported by the rear axle, with steeringmechanism, substantially as described.

4. The combination in an electrically-propelled vehicle, of a frontaxle, its wheels, motors on the front axle, one motor geared to onewheel and the other motor geared to the other wheel, springs mounted onthe axle, a battery-holding structure mounted above the front axle andsupported by the springs, a rear axle and its wheels, springs carriedthereby and a body attached to the battery-carrying structure andmounted on the springs of the rear axle, substantially as described.

5. The combination in an electrically-propelled Vehicle, of a frontaxle, its wheels, an internal gear mounted on each wheel, two lnotorsmounted on the front axle and having pinions, the pinion of one motorgeared to the internal gear of one wheel and the pinion of the othermotor geared to the internal gear of the other Wheel, springs on thefront axle, a battery-carrying structure mounted on the springs directlyover the front axle so that the front wheels will sustain the weightthereof, a rear axle and its Wheels and a body attached to thebattery-carrying structure at its forward end and carried at the rear bythe rear axle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY G. MORRIS. PEDRO G. SALOM. lVitnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN.

